Comparison

The Pedometer vs Trace

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

The Pedometer

Track your daily, monthly, and annual steps with detailed graphs to monitor progress towards your goals. This app also offers features for creating walking routes, breathing exercises, and managing water intake, weight, and calories. Stay motivated with daily reminders and access healthy lifestyle content.

Highlights
  • Step counting (daily, monthly, annual)
  • Progress graphs and goal tracking
  • Walking route creation and sharing
  • Breathing exercises
  • Water diary, weight tracker, calorie counter
  • Daily motivational notifications
  • HealthKit data integration
Features
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The Pedometer application, which counts your steps using the M7 and M8 (motion processor) motion processor in iPhone5S and higher model devices, will be your biggest assistant for a healthy life! Features you can find in the application: ● With the application, you can measure how many steps you take daily, monthly and annually. Moreover, thanks to the graphs in the application, it is possible to measure how close you are to your goal and how far you have travelled.
 ● You can create and share walking routes. ● You can do breathing exercises. ● You can also easily use the Water Diary, Weight Tracker, Calorie Counter features of the Pedometer application and get one step closer to your goals. ● You can reach your goals with us thanks to the daily notifications that encourage you to drink water and walk.
 ● You can access the content we prepare for you every day with categories such as healthy content to help you lose weight, exercise plans and healthy life under the Blog tab.
 ● You can also share your steps, distance travelled and calories burned on social media.
 ● The Pedometer will be able to access your HealthKit data in order to transfer your movement data to the application.

About

Trace

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You already run the routine. trace keeps the record. Supplements in the morning, skincare at night, the gym three days a week — and progress photos scattered through your camera roll at different angles, in different light. When you ask "did the last 12 weeks change anything?", the honest answer is you can't tell. trace is a private regimen and progress journal. Define your stack, log it in one tap, capture aligned progress photos, and read your own timeline — all of it on your phone, none of it on a server. HOW IT WORKS • Add what you take and do — supplements, topicals, routines, anything. Unlimited items, no caps. • Log each item in one tap: taken, done, or skipped. Backdate when life happens. • Capture progress photos against a ghost overlay of your last photo — same angle, same light, actually comparable. • Check in with your weight and self-rated scores when you choose to. Optional, always skippable. • Read your timeline: photos, adherence, and check-ins on one axis. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account. trace never asks for an email address. • Local-first. Your photos and records stay on your phone. Nothing is uploaded, and no third-party SDK touches them. • Face ID app-lock, a neutral alternate icon, and notifications that reveal nothing. • Export everything (your photos plus a file of all your records) or delete everything, any time, at no charge. Your record is never held hostage. WHAT TRACE DOES NOT DO • No advice. trace never suggests what to take, how much, or how often. It records what you say you did. • No scores. trace never rates your appearance. It shows you your own record and lets you judge. • No streaks, no guilt, no cheering. Skipped days are just data. • No quiz before you start, no countdown timers, no tricks. WHY THE CORE IS FREE Unlimited items, one-tap logging, aligned photo capture, the full timeline, before/after pairs, check-ins, app-lock, export and delete — free, with no ads. The apps in this category cap your items or hold your own data behind a paywall. trace doesn't. TRACE+ (OPTIONAL) trace+ lines the record up for you: correlation overlays that chart your adherence against your own check-ins (and flag when more than one thing changed), the compare studio with side-by-side photo grids, per-item reminder cadences, formatted PDF progress reports, and multiple profiles. $4.99/month or $29.99/year ($2.50/month, billed annually), with a 7-day free trial on both plans. Cancel any time in two taps, and trace reminds you before every renewal. trace+ never gates the free core. HONEST BY DESIGN trace shows your records side by side; it can't tell you why something changed — and it says so. When more than one thing changed in the same period, trace flags it instead of drawing a tidy line. trace is for adults. You must be 18 or older to use it. Part of the Bramley family of honest apps. trace is a journal, not advice. It provides no medical, dosing, or treatment guidance. Talk to a qualified professional about anything you take. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

The Pedometer4 screens
Trace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Trace at none against The Pedometer's shown. Trace also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). The Pedometer's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. The Pedometer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Trace sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Pedometer ships an update every 3 weeks, Trace weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
The Pedometer versus Trace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe PedometerTrace
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size181 MB39 MB
Age rating9+17+
DeveloperMUTLU ISLER TEKNOLOJI VE ILETISIM HIZMETLERI TICARET LTD STIFuqiang UG (haftungsbeschrankt)

In-app purchases

2 purchases

The Pedometer

Subscriptions2
  • Premium$4.991 Month
  • Premium$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Trace

Subscriptions2
  • Trace Plus Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Trace Plus Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is The Pedometer free?
The Pedometer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trace free?
Trace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do The Pedometer or Trace have ads?
The Pedometer shows ads; Trace does not.
Which is updated more often, The Pedometer or Trace?
The Pedometer ships an update every 3 weeks, and Trace weekly. Most recently, The Pedometer was updated on October 18, 2026 and Trace on October 3, 2026.

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